Submissions are open to any writer, produced or un-produced, with or without agency representation. Next Link shows will receive entrepreneurial training, networking opportunities and dramaturgical support, culminating in a subsidized production at the 2017 festival. Approximately 10 shows are chosen each year.

For more information or to submit a show, visit nymf.org/nextlink. The submissions deadline has been extended from November 1 to 11:59 PM on November 6.

To submit a show, applicants must have a finished script and at least 75% of the songs recorded. All entries undergo double-blind evaluations by members of NYMF's reading committee, with finalists reviewed by a grand jury of industry professionals.